The service is available in 24 different languages, making it
fairly ideal for Sochi’s high-density Olympic Village, which is
currently playing host to athletes and coaches from 88 nations,
and volunteers and spectators from all over the world.

Tinder reports that 500
million profile ratings are made each day and some 600 million
matches were made in 2013. The app takes information from
Facebook to connect users with friends and proximity in common.
If both people swipe to the right on their mobile devices, Tinder
allows them to video chat.

While the company doesn’t have a way of knowing eaxctly what
percentage of the new users are athletes, competitors like gold
medal winner
Jamie Anderson, a Team USA snowboarder and the
trio of American skiers who swept the slopestyle competition,
Joss Christensen, Gus Kenworthy and Nick Goepper, all owned up to
using the app.

Tinder was launched in 2012, and is owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp,
the same company that also owns other online dating platforms
like Match.com, OkCupid and the European MeeticGroup.